Curated OER
Crazy Crazy Bones
Learners practice labeling the bones of a human skeleton. Students reword the song "Dry Bones" with the accurate names of the bones listed.
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LESSON PLANS (print version) pdf What is a Fossil?
Students can better explain how mould and cast fossils occur when they make their own cast fossils using plaster of Paris and objects such as shells, bone or even their own hand or footprint.
Curated OER
Happy, Healthy Me
Learners become taste testers and experience an alphabet of nutritious snacks. They also discover more about their muscles and bones and the importance of exercise.
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I Know, I Wonder: An Introduction to Bones
Fifth graders examine the bones of animals and record what they know and what they wonder about bones.
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Cranium Cool Down
Students cool down from physical activity and practice an activity to reinforce the locations of our bones. At the end of PE class students stand or sit in small group and sing and touch bones to the song "Macarena". The teacher can...
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Medical Education Network: Skull Practical
An online quiz that allows the user to test knowledge of the numerous sutures, openings, bones, etc. in the head and neck region. Provides all answers.
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University: Skeletal System
In this resource, you will access photographs of the human skeletal system. A quiz is associated with each image which has numbered labels on the skeletal parts. Create a numbered list and write down the name for each part, then check...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Bones and Calcium
Why is your grandmother always wondering if you are drinking enough milk? Our bones are made out of calcium, a mineral found in milk, and drinking milk can lead to strong healthy bones. What about other animals? What are their bones made...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Arm Model
In the following lesson middle schoolers are required to construct a model arm and learn how muscles and bones work together to achieve efficient movement.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: The Skeletal System
After studying this article, students will be able to identify the functions and structure of bones, types of bones, bone development, parts of bones, types of joints, and bone disorders.
Other
U.s. Department of Health and Human Services: Best Bones Forever
Information, advice, activities, stories, and games about the importance of healthy bones for women and girls.
Other
Osteoporisis: Some Recent Research to Help Prevent or Reverse Osteoporosis
This site contains information on foods and lifestyles that may help prevent or reverse osteoporosis.
National Institutes of Health
Nih Curriculum Supplement for Middle School: Looking Good, Feeling Good
A great resource from the Office of Science Education which provides a curriculum for teaching about the musculoskeletal system, the skin system and how they interact. This curriculum emphasizes choices teens can make to ensure good...
Language Guide
Language Guide: El Cuerpo Ii
A very extensive guide of the internal parts of the body. Here you can practice the correct Spanish (of Spain) pronunciation of the internal parts of the body as you listen to each audio file.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Caribbean Sea: Antilles: How Does a Skeleton Work?
James identifies bones of the skeletal system and teaches us how they work with our muscular system for our body to function. Learn about the skeletal system, bone identification and muscle function. For every correct answer you can gain...
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Baboon
This interactive, digital laboratory provides students with a way to examine and learn about the skeletal anatomy of the Baboon.
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Human
Studying the skeletal parts of a human? Click on various parts of the human skeleton and proceed to select the items to view in detail.
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Slow Loris
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the slow loris.
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Lesser Bushbaby
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the lesser bushbaby.
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Gibbon
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the gibbon.
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Orangutan
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the orangutan.
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Ruffed Lemur
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the ruffed lemur.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Bones, Muscles and Joints
The anatomy of the musculoskeletal system and what the bones, muscles and joints do in our bodies are explained. Interactive diagrams show the internal structure of a bone, and how muscles and joints work together. Major disorders of the...
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Big Story on Bones
This detailed article on bones provides a diagram of the skeletal system, advice to keep bones healthy, and links to further related information. User has option to view Shockwave or non-Shockwave version of this website.